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The advent of the Myaamia Project helps to promote tribal and university relations for years to come.
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THE SOUND OF THE BELL TOWER, THE SIGHT OF STUDENTS JAYWALKING ALL OVER CAMPUS, ALL FAMILIAR ASPECTS OF LIFE TO MIAMI STUDENTS, FACULTY, ALUMNI, AND OXFORD RESIDENTS, BUT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT PAST, THIS WAS A HUNTING GROUND FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE KNOWN AS THE MYAAMIA.
SINCE THEIR FORCED REMOVAL FROM THEIR HOMELANDS IN EIGHTEEN FORTY SIX, WHICH AT ONE TIME STRETCHED OVER THE ENTIRE BREADTH OF OHIO INDIANA AND ILLINOIS, THEY HAVE CALLED MIAMI, OKLAHOMA HOME.
SINCE NINETEEN SEVENTY, THE TRIBE AND THE UNIVERSITY HAVE KEPT A RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER STARTING WITH A VISIT BY THEN CHIEF OLDS, WHICH TODAY HAS PROSPERED INTO SOMETHING ENTIRELY UNIQUE TO MIAMI. BUT THE QUESTION IS: HOW IS THAT RELATIONSHIP MAINTAINED? DARYL BALDWIN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE MYAAMIA PROJECT AT MIAMI AND A CITIZEN OF THE MYAAMIA TRIBE, DESCRIBES THE MECHANISMS USED TO PROMOTE THE R...
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